PLEASANT PRAIRIE FINANCE DEPARTMENT - AN OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS THEY PERFORM
Pleasant Prairie's Finance Department was first formally established in 1992. The department currently employs six full-time positions and shares one full-time employee with the Municipal Court. These employees provide financial services and support to the seven separate business-like entities within the Village:
• General Government (property tax supported),
• Water Utility (ratepayer supported),
• Sewer Utility (ratepayer supported),
• Garbage and Recycling Utility (ratepayer supported),
• Clean Water Utility (ratepayer supported),
• Recreation Enterprise/RecPlex (ratepayer supported), and
• Community Development Authority (TIF supported).
Employees in the Finance Department provide the following financial services to the seven internal entities listed above:
• financial reporting,
• utility billing,
• special assessments (calculating/administering),
• accounts receivable,
• accounts payable,
• employee payroll,
• fixed asset records,
• budget preparation,
• tax roll and collection,
• tax settlement,
• grant management,
• annual audits,
• financial investments,
• bond issues (borrowing),
• bank reconciliation,
• hotel tax collections,
• mobile home parking fees, and
• dog licensing.
In addition to these duties, members of the Finance Department answer incoming telephone calls from the public, order office supplies, distribute incoming postal mail and select property and liability insurance for the Village.
Since its establishment, the Finance Department has worked to keep pace with the growth that has occurred in the Village by implementing measures to increase productivity, improve internal controls, and control spending within their department and other Village departments.